The Correlation Between Gender Differences and Academic Study Levels towards Foreign Language Anxiety Experienced by Students at EnglishDepartment in Universitas Negeri Padang

Putri, Nur Maulina (2023) The Correlation Between Gender Differences and Academic Study Levels towards Foreign Language Anxiety Experienced by Students at EnglishDepartment in Universitas Negeri Padang. Masters thesis, Universitas Negeri Padang.

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Abstract

This research was conducted to find out the correlation between gender differences and academic study levels in relation to students’ foreign language speaking anxiety. It was also aimed at finding out the contributing factors to the foreign language anxiety faced by EFL students in the English Language Educational Program of the English Department at Universitas Negeri Padang. A mixed-method design was used in this research. The research instruments were the anxiety test and the interview. The anxiety test used the Foreign Language Anxiety Scale (FLCAS). FLCAS was adopted from the Foreign Language Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) designed by Horwitz, which consists of 33 statements. The data were analyzed statistically and also by using content analysis. Based on the research analysis for FLSA, it was found that there is no significant correlation between gender differences and FLSA. And there is also no significant correlation between academic study levels and FLSA. Moreover, for the causal factors of students’ foreign language anxiety, it was found that there are both internal and external factors. For the internal factors, the findings were anxiety about pronunciation, grammatical errors, vocabulary, fluency, and anxiety triggered by irrational thinking. Meanwhile, for the external factor, it was found that the teacher’s attitude and langauge test becameimportant contributing factors to the anxiety experienced by the students

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